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Legally Elsewhere: The Unpredictable Due Process Protections Accorded to Arriving Immigrants at America’s Border

| August 6, 2022 | Alumnus, Young Scholars

Legally Elsewhere: The Unpredictable Due Process Protections Accorded to Arriving Immigrants at America’s Border
At any moment, tens of thousands of arriving immigrants are imprisoned within the United States without constitutional due process protection. Though held in immigration detention centers deep in the United States interior, these individuals—who arrive at America’s...
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Isaac Bock
Isaac Bock was selected as a 2021–2022 Young Scholar with the Initiative on Faith and Public Life. He is a senior at Patrick Henry College studying American Politics & Policy, and after graduating this autumn, he plans to pursue a legal career.

The Drama of Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health

| May 24, 2022 | Blog Contributor, Uncategorized

The Drama of Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health
May 1 was a quiet Monday—until the majority opinion of Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health was leaked, and the nation erupted into a frenzy of anger and false headlines. A common theme appeared when I browsed Twitter after the leaked opinion: women, so the popular...
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Anna Claire Noblitt
Anna Claire Noblitt is a recent graduate of Samford University, where she served as chair of the Faith and Public Life Executive Council. Anna Claire will continue her education at George Mason University and hopes to become an economics professor and policy researcher.

The Illiberal Cake We’re Baking

| January 7, 2020 | Young Scholars

The Illiberal Cake We’re Baking
Nicholas Marr was a 2018-2019 Young Scholar Awards Program recipient. He is currently a senior at the University of Notre Dame, majoring in political science and history. In May, the U.S. House passed H.R. 5, the “Equality Act,” on a near–party-line vote. It would...
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Nicholas Marr
Nicholas Marr was a 2018-2019 Young Scholar for the Initiative on Faith and Public Life and is a senior at the University of Notre Dame majoring in political science and history.